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== '''Introduction''' == | == '''Introduction''' == |
Revision as of 13:22, 31 July 2009
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Introduction
Our goal is to create a logic gate based on a post-transcriptional regulation system in Escherichia coli, using RNA to silence gene expression. We inserted a cis-acting sequence directly upstream of the rbs (ribosome binding site) to realize a "regulated rbs". We also designed the complementary trans-repressing sequence whose function is to recognize and cover the "regulated rbs" and prevent translation from it. Two versions of the trans- repressing sequence were designed with 2 different kinds of rbs covers. We want to use this short non-coding RNA segment placed in trans, to silence translation from dowstream the cis-acting sequence. We developed a bioinformatic tool to research the sequences and these are the results:
Cis-repressing sequence, inserted upstream of the target gene | |||
Scar | Cis-repressing | Rbs | Scar |
TACTAGAG | AACACAAACTATCACTTTAACAACACATTACATATACATTAAAATATTAC | AAAGAGGAGAAA | TACTAGAG |
Trans-repressor sequence with a cover of 7 bases (long version) | |||
Scar | Cover | Trans(long) | Scar |
TACTAGAG | CCTCTTT | GTAATATTTTAATGTATATGTAATGTGTTGTTAAAGTGATAGTTTGTGTT | TACTAGAG |
Trans-repressor sequence with a cover of 4 bases (short version) | |||
Scar | Cover | Trans(short) | Scar |
TACTAGAG | CTTT | GTAATATTTTAATGTATATGTAATGTGTTGTTAAAGTGATAGTTTGTGTT | TACTAGAG |
The sequence secondary structures of RNAs are obtained using the RNA mfold tool:
These are the three genetic circuits that we are currently studying: